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The gun depicted
on the Royal Australian Artillery corps badge is
a 9 Pound Rifled Muzzle Loader of approximately
1871, and the rammer used to ram the charge into
the muzzle is also seen, to the left of the
carriage wheel.
The Royal Regiment
of Australian Artillery was granted two mottos
in 1950 by His Majesty King George VI:
"UBIQUE", above the gun, means
"Everywhere", and the motto "QUO FAS ET
GLORIA DUCUNT", meaning "Where Right and
Glory Lead Us". As the artillery has served
in so very many battles, "UBIQUE" serves
also as the sole Battle Honour of the Corps.
The Royal
Regiment of Australian Artillery (RAA) is
unique in that their hat badge is the same
as that of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
(RA).
Special approval was granted by the Monarch
of the time for its use by the Royal
Australian Artillery.
The badge
itself is also unique, as Gunners, that is
the Royal Regiment of Australian
Artillery have their Colours (THE GUN),
their Battle Honours (UBIQUE) and
their two Mottos ( UBIQUE, and QUO FAS ET
GLORIA DUCUNT) all included on their badge.
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Current
Hat Badge
Royal Australian Artillery
Current
Collar Badge
Royal Australian Artillery
Royal
Australian Artillery
Hat Badge
1930 to 1942
Royal Australian Artillery
Collar Badge
1930 to 1942
Queensland Artillery Badge
1885 to 1901
Detachment Commanders Badge
Worn by Detachment Commanders
Until the Early 1960's
Right sleeve shown,
Gun sleeve badges face forwards
The
detachment commanders badge was the
Artillery gun badge less the crown
and mottos and worn above the badges
of rank. Not every
Artillery Sergeant wore the gun
sleeve badge, only those who held
appointments as Detachment
commanders. At around
this time (1950's - 1960's) the
plaited lanyard was also worn.
In artillery parlance the Detachment
Commander is referred to as No 1.
This come from the Gun Detachment
who are referred to as Gun numbers,
each member has a numbered role of
whom the Principal is the No 1,
usually a Sergeant and the No.2
(2IC) a Bombardier.
Whilst in the Field branches No's
1 were Gun Detachment Commanders, in
Heavy Anti Aircraft No's 1 also
included the Detachment Commanders
of the two radars, namely, FC
Detachment (Fire Control) & TC
Detachment (Tactical Control) and
the Predictor Detachments. These
Detachment Commanders were also
Sergeants and were referred to by
their equipment names.
For example P1, was Predictor
Detachment Commander, TC1, Tactical
Radar Detachment Commander and FC1,
Fire Control Radar Detachment
Commander.
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